Vending apparatus



(No Model.) J. W. VAUGHN.

VENDING APPARATUS. I

No. 397,319. Patented-Feb. 5, 1889.

WITNESSES: lV'l/E/VTOR A TTOR/VEYJf UNITED STATES.

PATENT O-FEIQE,

J OHN \V, VAUGHN, OF JERSEY CITY, NElV JERSEY,

VENDING APPARATUS.

SIEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,319, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed October 1, 1888 Serial No, 236,875. (=No model.)

To all whom it may saucer/t:

Be it known that I, JOHN \V: VAUGHN, of

Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to selling machines of that class in which a coin is first deposited and then a pull or draw manipulated to cause it to deliver the article.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of my improved selling-machine, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the coin-receiving lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The entire mechanism of the selling-machine is contained in a box, A, containing a vertical chute, B, in which the cigars O or other articles are placed, one above the other. At the lower end of this chute the slide D is guided between the guide-strips D, so that said slide can move transversely to the lower 'end of the chute, said slide D being provided with a longitudinal slot, D of sufficient size to receive a cigar or other article, and wliich slot can register with the opening ot the chute. A short distance in front of the lower end of the chute l3, and some distance below the same, the inclined chute E is provided, down which the cigars or other articles can slide and pass through a suitable opening in the front of the box in the cup-shaped receptacle or trough F, from which they can be removed by the purchaser. A curved lever, G,

is suitably pivoted within the box, and is provided with an aperture, G, of such size that acent can drop through the same, but not a nickel. It is evident that the size of this aperture can be varied according to the size of the coin for which the machine is constructed. Said aperture is in communication with a longitudinal slot, G and at the sides of said slot pins H project from the upper surface of the lever G. At its swinging end -G, and with a curved prong, N, the bottom edge of which is of about the thickness of a live-centnickel from the upper surface of the lever G.

A spiral spring, 0, secured on the lever L r and to an arm, K, of the standard K, swings the lower end of said lever in the direction of the arrow 41; and against the stop-pin a. A stop-pin, h, on the standard K prevents swinging the lever L too far in the inverse direct-ion oi the arrow at. The lever L provided at its upper end with a'slot, L into which the pin projects from the inner end of a sliding rod, P, which is suitably guided in the box and projects from the front of the same, and is provided at its front end with aknob, P, ring, or other suitable device for seizing and pulling it. The inner end of said rod P is connected by a curved or other arm, R, with the slide D. A coin-chute, S, projects from the front of the box, and its lower end is directly above the upper surface of the lever G and a short distance from the end of the prong N of the lever L. Aspring, \V, serves for pressing the lever G upward. A curved arm, V, is provided on the standard K, against which the swinging end of the lever G can strike, thereby preventing the spring from pressing said lever upward too far. i

The operation is as follows: In case a coin that is too smalll'or example, a one-cent piece-or a button, or apiece of sheet metal is dropped through the coin-chute S, the same drops through the aperture G and cannot operate the machine; but if the coin is of the proper size itslides from the end of the coinchute upon the top of the lever G and rests against the pins II. If the rod P is now pulled in the direction of the arrow x thelever L is swung in the inverse direction of the arrow .1 and the prong N presses upon the coin and presses the same and the lever G downward, whereby the first tooth J on the lever G is lowered sulficiently to permit the spur M to clear it, whereby said lever is unlocked so as to permit its upper end to be swung in the direction of the arrow 11 As the slide D is connected with the rod P, said slide is also moved in the direction of the arrow 41: and the cigar containedin the slot of the slide I) is conveyed to the top of the chute E and drops into the same and slides through the same into the trough I 'When the knob I" is released, the spring 0 swings the lower end oi. the lever L in the direction of the arrow .r', whereby the upper end of the lever is moved in the inverse direction of thearrow and the slide I) is brought into aposition so that its slot registers with the bottom of the chute 13, thus permitting the lowest cigar in the chute to drop into the slot of said slide, and themachine is now read y [or another operation. During the return movement of the lever L its spur N, which passes through the slot G catches tion, with the lever G, having an opening, G,

on the under side of the coin that still rests ing the article to be sold, which feeding device is operated from the slide-rod, substantiall y as herein shown. and described.

52. In a vending apparatus, the combina tion, with a pi voted lever provided with ratehet-t-ceth, oil a coin-chute for conducting a coin upon said lever, a spur-lever adapted to engage said ratchet, a rod for manipulating the spur-lever, and an article'delivery slide connected with said manipulating-rod, substantially as herein shown and described.

In a vending apparatus, the combination, with an article-delivery slide, of a spurlevcr connected with the same, a eoin-receiving lever engaging the spur-lever, and a coinchute adapted to direct the coin between the spur-lev'er and the coin-receiving lever, subon the upper surface of the lever G and throws the same off. If no coin is passed through the coin-chute and the rod 1 is pulled in the direction of the arrow a" the machine will not operate as the spur M strikes against the first tooth J. The prong N cannot press down the lever G, as there is no coin on which said prong can act, and said prong is only passed a short distance into the aperture G and slot G In the normal position the spur M must be a short distance from the first toot-h J, as shown, so as to permit swinging the lower end of the lever L in the inverse direction of the arrow or sufficiently to permit the prong N to depress the lever G such a distance that the spur M can clear the teeth J.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a vending apparatus, the combination, with a pivoted lever, of a coin-chute for conducting a coin to said lever, an additional lever adapted to operate the coin-receiving lover, a slide-rod connected with said additional lever, and a feeding device for deliver stantially as herein shown and described.

1-. In a vending apparatus, the combinaslot G and teeth J, of the lever L, having the spur M: and prong N, a delivery-slide connected with the lever L, a rod for manipulat ing said lever L, a coin-chute for directing the coin between the prong N on the lever L and the upper surlace of the lever G, and a spring for pressing the lever G toward the lever L, substantially as set forth.

5. In a vending apparatus, the combination, with a delivery-slide, of a rod for moving the same, a pivoted lever L, connected with said rod and provided with the spur M and prong N, the lever G, having the aperture G and slot G pins II, and teeth .I, a coin-chute for directing the coin upon the upper surface of the lever G, and a spring for u-essing the lever G toward the lever L, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN 'W. VA'UGI IN.

"itnesses:

Osonn l GUNZ, JOHN A. STRAIIE Y. 

